Fastener for buckles



(No Model.)

J. M LEWIS; PASTBNER FOB. BUQKLES, m,

I Patented May 2, 1893.,

aiznMLewzs' I VI A j E STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. LEWIS, OF JERMYN, PENNSYLVANIA.

FASTENER FOR BUCKLES, etc.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 496,421, dated May 2, 1893.

Application filed June 15, 1892- Serial No. 436,850. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN M. LEWIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at J ermyn, in the county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Fastener for Buckles, Buttons,Hooks, &c., of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to buttons, buckles, hooks, and staple fasteners, and consists of the construction and arrangement of the device for the several purposes stated, as willbe more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of this invention is to providea form of fastening adapted for universal use, and which may be readily applied and secured in detachable connection, the parts thereof being simple and effective in their construction and arrangement, avoids the use of-stitches or sewing, and presents a neat appearance.

In the drawingsz-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wire frame showing the attaching device applied in connection therewith, and in the position it will assume when properly secured to fabric. Fig. 2 is a similar View of the parts shown in Fig. 1 disconnected from each other. Fig. 3 is a similar view of a slightly modified form of construction. Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 represent in plan view various forms of devices with which the attaching device or fastening may be readily employed.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a wire frame, which is bent into suitable shape for the several desired purposes, and has eyes or loops 2 at the opposite ends or sides thereof or adjacent to said ends or sides, and said frame 1 comprises a large staple 3, as shown by Fig. 4, adapted for attachment to the waist band of pantaloons, and with which is employed the form of device shown by Fig. 3. As shown by Fig. 5, a button 4 is carried by the frame 1, and is adapted for attachment to various parts of garments, being constructed of any preferred size, as will be readily understood.

Figs. 6 and 7 show the manner of applying a buckle for use in connection with pantaloons or vests, together with a staple, which are indicated by the numerals 5 and 6, it being unof the latter.

derstood that the buckle is attached to one of the straps of pantaloons or vests and the said staple fastened to the opposite strap. In Fig. 8 is a smaller staple adapted for use in connection with a fly, which obviates the necessity of making button holes or sewing on buttons.

It is apparent that the device could be used equally well for many and various other purposes.

The frame 1 in several of the forms shown is a part of the structure, and especially of the several staples, all of which will be readily apparent by reference to the accompanying drawings.

In Fig. l the frame 1 is shown formed with a small hook, which can be conveniently used in connection with the staple shown in Fig. 8 for the purpose stated. In securing the frame 1 in position, staples 7 and 8 areemployed and have the legs thereof passed through the eyes or loops 2, and through the fabric to which the said frame is applied. The said staples are made in varying sizes, and have their head portions bent to one side as at 9, in order to permit the said staples to be turned inwardly without binding against the walls of the eyes or loops. The width of the staple 7 is less than that of the staple 8, to permit the legs of the former to extend between the legs In connection with the said staples 7 and 8, a plate 10 is employed, having cars 11 projecting outwardly on opposite sides of one end thereof, and slightly concaved, the said ears being situated adjacent to recesses 12. At the opposite ends of the said plate, are cars 13, which are convex and slightly overhanging the legs in engagement with the upper sides thereof, and form a means of retention for the ends of one of the staples. Between the said ears 13 are opening 14, and the portion of the plate in alignment with said openings is slightly bulged or struck down in order to form recesses for the reception of the legs of the oppositely situated staples. After the staples 7 and 8 have been inserted through the fabric, the legs of the staple 8 are passed over the ears 11, and the ends thereof are held within the cars 13. The legs of the staple 7 are however, first inserted in the openings 14, and the device entire is thereby held in locked ICO position. The plate 10 forms a locking plate, as will be readily observed, and is adapted to be located against the underside of the fabric in each instance except in the construction shown in Fig. 3, wherein the end of the plate 10 is extended and..formed intoahookl5, and is adapted to be located upon the upper or outer side of the fabric for the purpose hereinbefore fully set forth.

It will be observed that the articles connected by the device set forth, are firmly pressed into the fabric or garment to which they are secured, thereby precluding the possibility of attrition, and making the devices permanent and lasting. In view of the facility with which the fastenings can be applied, the superior merit of the invention becomes apparent.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isl. The herein described fastening device consisting of a frame having eyes formed therein at opposite ends thereof, a pair of staples adapted to be inserted through said eyes, and a locking plate engaged by the legs of said staples, said legs of the staples extending in reverse directions when in engagement with said plate, substantially as described.

2. The herein described fastening device consisting of a frame with eyes at opposite ends thereof, a pair of staples adapted to be inserted through said eyes, one of said staples being smaller than the other, and a locking plate having ears in reverse positions at opposite ends thereof and openings in the body of the same to engage the legs of the smaller one of the said staples, said legs extending in opposite directions when in looking position, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN M. LEWIS.

VVitness'es:

W. I. GORDON, 11. II. BUNNELL. 

